CWE-269— Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2022-38058MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-09-09
Authenticated (subscriber+) Plugin Setting change vulnerability in WP Shamsi plugin <= 4.1.1 at WordPress.
- CVE-2022-31039MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-06-27
Greenlight is a simple front-end interface for your BigBlueButton server. In affected versions an attacker can view any room's settings even though they are not authorized to do so. Only the room owner and administrator should be able to v…
- CVE-2022-27659MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-05-05
On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, and 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, an authenticated attacker can modify or delete Dashboards created by other BIG-IP users in the Traffic Management Use…
- CVE-2021-29824MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-04-22
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.1.7 is vulnerable to priviledge escalation where a lower level user could have read access to to the 'Data Connections' page to which they don't have access. IBM X-Force ID: 204468.
- CVE-2022-1332MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-04-13
One of the API in Mattermost version 6.4.1 and earlier fails to properly protect the permissions, which allows the authenticated members with restricted custom admin role to bypass the restrictions and view the server logs and server confi…
- CVE-2022-0125MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-01-18
An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 14.4.5, all versions starting from 14.5.0 before 14.5.3, all versions starting from 14.6.0 before 14.6.2. GitLab was not verifying that a maintainer of…
- CVE-2021-43793MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-12-01
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a vulnerability in the Polls feature allowed users to vote multiple times in a single-option poll. The problem is patched in the latest tests-passed, beta and stable ver…
- CVE-2021-37938MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-11-18
It was discovered that on Windows operating systems specifically, Kibana was not validating a user supplied path, which would load .pbf files. Because of this, a malicious user could arbitrarily traverse the Kibana host to load internal fi…
- CVE-2021-20773MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-08-18
There is a vulnerability in Workflow of Cybozu Garoon 4.0.0 to 5.5.0, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to delete the route information Workflow without the appropriate privilege.
- CVE-2021-20768MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-08-18
Operational restrictions bypass vulnerability in Scheduler and MultiReport of Cybozu Garoon 4.0.0 to 5.0.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to delete the data of Scheduler and MultiReport without the appropriate privilege.
- CVE-2021-21568MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-08-16
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x - 9.2.x contain an insufficient logging vulnerability. An authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_PAPI could make un-audited and un-trackable configuration changes to settings that their roles have p…
- CVE-2021-25429MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-07-08
Improper privilege management vulnerability in Bluetooth application prior to SMR July-2021 Release 1 allows untrusted application to access the Bluetooth information in Bluetooth application.
- CVE-2021-28579MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-06-28
Adobe Connect version 11.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper access control vulnerability that can lead to the elevation of privileges. An attacker with 'Learner' permissions can leverage this scenario to access the list of event …
- CVE-2021-22769MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-06-11
A CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability exists in Easergy T300 with firmware V2.7.1 and older that could expose files or directory content when access from an attacker is not restricted or incorrectly r…
- CVE-2021-1477MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-04-29
A vulnerability in an access control mechanism of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access services beyond the scope of their authorization. This vulnerability is due to insuf…
- CVE-2021-30478MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-04-15
An issue was discovered in Zulip Server before 3.4. A bug in the implementation of the can_forge_sender permission (previously is_api_super_user) resulted in users with this permission being able to send messages appearing as if sent by a …
- CVE-2021-30152MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-04-09
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.13 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. When using the MediaWiki API to "protect" a page, a user is currently able to protect to a higher level than they currently have permissions for.
- CVE-2021-1467MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-04-08
A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Meetings for Android could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify the avatar of another user. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilit…
- CVE-2021-24207MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-04-05
By default, the WP Page Builder WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 allows subscriber-level users to edit and make changes to any and all posts pages - user roles must be specifically blocked from editing posts and pages.
- CVE-2020-8275MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-01-06
Citrix Secure Mail for Android before 20.11.0 suffers from improper access control allowing unauthenticated access to read limited calendar related data stored within Secure Mail. Note that a malicious app would need to be installed on the…
- CVE-2020-14318MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-12-03
A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.
- CVE-2020-26077MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-11-18
A vulnerability in the access control functionality of Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view lists of users from different domains that are configured on an affected system. The vulner…
- CVE-2020-8624MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-08-21
In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.1 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.12-S1 -> 9.9.13-S1, 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker who has been granted privi…
- CVE-2020-15826MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-08-08
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2020.1, users are able to assign more permissions than they have.
- CVE-2019-4589MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-08-03
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0 and 11.1 is vulnerable to privlege escalation where the "My schedules and subscriptions" page is visible and accessible to a less privileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 167449.
- CVE-2020-15412MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-06-30
An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.128. app/Controller/EventsController.php lacks an event ACL check before proceeding to allow a user to send an event contact form.
- CVE-2020-11466MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-04-01
An issue was discovered in Deskpro before 2019.8.0. The /api/tickets endpoint failed to properly validate a user's privilege, allowing an attacker to retrieve arbitrary information about all helpdesk tickets stored in database with numerou…
- CVE-2020-11464MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-04-01
An issue was discovered in Deskpro before 2019.8.0. The /api/people endpoint failed to properly validate a user's privilege, allowing an attacker to retrieve sensitive information about all users registered on the system. This includes the…
- CVE-2020-0052MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-03-10
In smsSelected of AnswerFragment.java, there is a way to send an SMS from the lock screen due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege on the lock screen with no additional execution privileges needed. User…
- CVE-2020-9455MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-03-06
The RegistrationMagic plugin through 4.6.0.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users (with minimal privileges) to send arbitrary emails on behalf of the site via class_rm_user_services.php send_email_user_view.
- CVE-2020-7993MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-02-03
Prototype 1.6.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to forge ticket creation (on behalf of other user accounts) via a modified email ID field.
- CVE-2020-7908MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-01-30
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2019.1.5, reverse tabnabbing was possible on several pages.
- CVE-2018-16268MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-01-22
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF …
- CVE-2019-20043MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-12-27
In in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php in WordPress 3.7 to 5.3.0, authenticated users who do not have the rights to publish a post are able to mark posts as sticky or unsticky via the REST API. For example,…
- CVE-2019-3990MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-12-03
A User Enumeration flaw exists in Harbor. The issue is present in the "/users" API endpoint. This endpoint is supposed to be restricted to administrators. This restriction is able to be bypassed and information can be obtained about regist…
- CVE-2019-18462MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-11-26
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.3 through 12.4. It has Insecure Permissions.
- CVE-2019-13705MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-11-25
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to leak cross-origin data via a crafted Chrome Extension.
- CVE-2019-18365MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-10-31
In JetBrains TeamCity before 2019.1.4, reverse tabnabbing was possible on several pages.
- CVE-2015-9390MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-09-20
The admin-management-xtended plugin before 2.4.0.1 for WordPress has privilege escalation because wp_ajax functions are mishandled.
- CVE-2019-6997MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.7) and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. System notes contain an access control issu…
- CVE-2019-6996MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.6) and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. The merge request approvers section has an access control…
- CVE-2019-6794MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Information Disclosure (issue 5 of 6). A project guest user can view the last commit status of the …
- CVE-2019-6789MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-09-09
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Information Disclosure (issue 4 of 6). In some cases, users without project permissions will receiv…
- CVE-2019-4047MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-04-29
IBM Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) 6.0.6 could allow an authenticated user to access the execution log files as a guest user, and obtain the information of the server execution. IBM X-Force ID: 156243.
- CVE-2019-4222MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-04-25
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 and 6.0.0.1 could allow an authenticated user to view process definition of a business process without permission. IBM X-Force ID: 159231.
- CVE-2018-0503MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-10-04
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.
- CVE-2017-2662MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-08-22
A flaw was found in Foreman's katello plugin version 3.4.5. After setting a new role to allow restricted access on a repository with a filter (filter set on the Product Name), the filter is not respected when the actions are done via hamme…
- CVE-2018-1000503MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-06-26
MyBB Group MyBB contains a Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in Private forums that can result in Users can view posts from private forums without having the password. This attack appear to be exploitable via Subscribe to a forum thro…
- CVE-2018-0566MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-06-26
Cybozu Office 10.0.0 to 10.8.0 allows authenticated attackers to bypass authentication to obtain the schedules without access privilege via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2018-5756MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-06-16
The backend component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev36, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev39, 7.8.3 before 7.8.3-rev44, and 7.8.4 before 7.8.4-rev22 does not properly check for folder-to-object association, which allows remote authentic…
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